It is no secret that I do not generally schedule presentations for kinderagrten classrooms. Our presentation is 45 minutes long. I have tried to make it shorter (to accomadate their 20 second attention spans). But, I simply can't cut any more. It would lose too much. This is a powerful message. So, when this presentation that started out as a simple mixed grade presntation for the students of an afterschool program, it was routine. Then they called back. The principle was told who we are and why we were coming. The whole school should hear this presentation! So we arranged to come earlier and do a couple of presentations back to back. Wait- you want us to speak to kindergartners as well????! They don't still! Thay wiggle, they squirm, they distract the other kids! Some have even touched my audio visual equipment!!!! Why do you wish such an experience on us???? I sucked it up. I went to a coworker that I deeply respect and told her about some modifications that I was making to mu powerpoint for this age group. She liked it and gave me much valued suggestions (change it up every 15 minutes, and bribe them!).
YAY!!!!! Thank you for such a lovely experience. The Kindergarten through third grade presentation went even better than the one with the older kids! Thank you Thank you IGO Elementary, we do so like Green Eggs and ... uh Kindergarteners!
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